Ladytron discography

Here is the Ladytron discography. For Marnie discography go here.

Overview

1. Studio albums
604 (2001)
Light & Magic (2002)
Witching Hour (2005)
Velocifero (2008)
Gravity the Seducer (2011)
Ladytron (2019)

2. Compilations
Softcore Jukebox (2003)
Best of Remixes (2011)
Best of 00-10 (2011)

3. Live albums
Live at Astoria London 16.07.08 (2009)

4. Remix albums
Velocifero (Remixed & Rare) (2010)
604 (Remixed & Rare) (2011)
Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare) (2011)
Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare) (2011)
Gravity the Seducer Remixed (2013)

5. Extended plays
Miss Black and Her Friends (1999)
Commodore Rock (2000)
Mu-Tron EP (2000)
Extended Play (2006)
The Harmonium Sessions (2006)
Ace of Hz EP (2010)

6. Singles
He Took Her to a Movie (1999)
Playgirl (2000)
The Way That I Found You (2001)
Seventeen (2002)
Blue Jeans (2003)
Evil (2003)
Cracked LCD / USA vs. White Noise (2003)
Sugar (2005)
Destroy Everything You Touch (2005)
International Dateline (2005)
Weekend (2005)
Soft Power (2007)
Ghosts (2008)
Runaway (2008)
Tomorrow (2009)
Ace of Hz (2010)
White Elephant (2011)
Ambulances (2011)
Mirage (2011)
The Animals (2018)
The Island (2018)
Far From Home (2018)

7. Video albums
Witching Hour (Bonus DVD) (2005)
Extended Play (Bonus DVD) (2006)
Best of 00-10 Videos (iTunes) (2011)

8. Various songs
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9. Songs remixed by Ladytron
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1. Studio albums

604

Released: 6 February 2001
Recorded: 1997-2000 in Liverpool
Label: Invicta Hi-Fi (UK), Emperor Norton (US), Labels (Germany), Nettwerk (re-release)
Length: 53:43 (standard edition)
Producers: Ladytron, Lance Thomas

Standard edition track listing:
01. Mu-Tron - 2:58
02. Discotraxx - 3:50
03. Another Breakfast With You - 3:03
04. CSKA Sofia - 2:22
05. The Way That I Found You - 3:29
06. Paco! - 3:00
07. Commodore Rock - 4:47
08. Zmeyka - 3:14
09. Playgirl - 3:49
10. I'm With the Pilots - 2:43
11. This Is Our Sound - 4:09
12. He Took Her To a Movie - 3:10
13. Laughing Cavalier - 1:08
14. Ladybird - 4:38
15. Jet Age - 3:10
16. Skools Out... - 4:08

Re-release bonus tracks:
17. USA vs. White Noise (Live in Sofia) - 4:05
18. He Took Her to a Movie (Live in Sofia) - 5:15
19. Commodore Rock (Live in Sofia) - 4:31
20. Playgirl (Snap Ant Remix) - 6:13

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Light & Magic

Released: 17 September 2002
Recorded: 2001-2002 in Liverpool and Los Angeles
Labels: Emperor Norton (US), Telstar (UK), Warner Music (Germany), Victor Entertainment (Japan), Nettwerk (re-release)
Length: 59:34 (standard edition)
Producers: Ladytron, Mickey Petralia

Standard edition track listing:
01. True Mathematics - 2:22
02. Seventeen - 4:37
03. Flicking Your Switch - 3:26
04. Fire - 2:49
05. Turn It On - 4:46
06. Blue Jeans - 4:13
07. Cracked LCD - 2:32
08. Black Plastic - 4:17
09. Evil - 5:34
10. Startup Crime - 3:30
11. NuHorizons - 4:03
12. Cease2xist - 4:37
13. Re:Agents - 4:53
14. Light & Magic - 3:35
15. The Reason Why - 4:14

Re-release bonus tracks:
16. Seventeen (Soulwax Remix) - 4:26
17. Cracked LCD (Live in Sofia) - 2:55
18. Light & Magic (Live in Sofia) - 3:23
19. Evil (Pop Levi Mix) - 3:13 (2004 edition only)
20. Blue Jeans (Josh Wink Remix) - 6:04 (2011 Nettwerk edition only)

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Witching Hour

Released: 3 October 2005
Recorded: 2004 at Elevator Studios (Liverpool, UK)
Labels: Island (UK), Universal Music (Germany), Rykodisc (US), Major Records (Germany), So Sweet Records (UK), Nettwerk (re-release)
Length: 51:11 (standard edition)
Producers: Ladytron, Jim Abbiss

Standard edition track listing:
01. High Rise - 4:54
02. Destroy Everything You Touch - 4:36
03. International Dateline - 4:17
04. Soft Power - 5:19
05. CMYK - 1:49
06. amTV - 3:26
07. Sugar - 2:50
08. Fighting in Built Up Areas - 3:59
09. The Last One Standing - 3:11
10. Weekend - 3:57
11. Beauty*2 - 4:23
12. Whitelightgenerator - 3:59
13. All the Way... - 4:08

Untitled silence track on initial pressings:
14. Untitled - 9:03

European special edition bonus disc (by Major Records):
01. High Rise (Club Mix) - 6:08
02. Nothing to Hide - 3:51
03. Weekend (James Iha Mix) - 4:00
04. Citadel - 3:48
05. Tender Talons - 3:28
06. Last One Standing (Shipps & Tait Mix) - 3:46
07. Soft Power (Ebon's Strong Weakness Mix) - 5:39
08. International Dateline (Harmonium Session) - 4:18

UK & US special editions bonus disc (by So Sweet Records):
01. Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix) - 6:48
02. Soft Power (Loz & Brendan Long Remix) - 7:39
03. International Dateline (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) - 5:42
04. Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix) - 6:52
05. Weekend (James Iha Remix) - 4:04
06. High Rise (Ladytron Club Remix) - 6:11
07. Sugar (Jagz Kooner Remix) - 5:27
08. Destroy Everything You Touch (Playgroup Vocal Edit) - 5:27
09. Nothing to Hide - 3:53
10. Citadel - 3:56
11. Tender Talons - 3:31

Nettwerk re-release bonus tracks:
14. Sugar (Archigram Remix) - 6:14
15. International Dateline (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) - 5:20
16. Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix) - 6:49
17. Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Remix) - 6:45

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Velocifero

Released: 19 May 2008
Recorded: 2007-2008 at Studio de la Grande Armée (Paris, France)
Labels: Nettwerk (UK, Italy, US), Playground Music Scandinavia (Sweden), Shock Records (Australia), Major Records (Germany), Sideout (Japan)
Length: 54:29 (standard edition)
Producers: Ladytron, Alessandro Cortini, Vicarious Bliss

Standard edition track listing:
01. Black Cat - 5:09
02. Ghosts - 4:43
03. I'm Not Scared - 3:58
04. Runaway - 4:50
05. Season of Illusions - 4:02
06. Burning Up - 4:08
07. Kletva - 2:43
08. They Gave You a Heart, They Gave You a Name - 3:29
09. Predict the Day - 4:25
10. The Lovers - 2:39
11. Deep Blue - 5:03
12. Tomorrow - 3:36
13. Versus - 5:44

Japanese bonus tracks:
14. Ghosts (Candie Hank Mix) - 5:06
15. Ghosts (Modwheelmood Mix) - 4:29

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Gravity the Seducer

Released: 12 September 2011
Recorded: Bluebell Studios (Kent, England)
Label: Nettwerk
Length: 47:47
Producers: Ladytron, Simon "Barny" Barnicott, Alessandro Cortini

Track listing:
01. White Elephant - 4:15
02. Mirage - 4:21
03. White Gold - 5:00
04. Ace of Hz - 3:36
05. Ritual - 4:17
06. Moon Palace - 3:26
07. Altitude Blues - 3:19
08. Ambulances - 3:16
09. Melting Ice - 4:48
10. Transparent Days - 4:01
11. Ninety Degrees - 4:34
12. Aces High - 2:54

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Ladytron

Released: 1 February 2019
Recorded: UK
Label: self-released, !7K
Length: 53:41
Producers: Ladytron, Jim Abbiss, Edd Hartwell, Jonny Scott

Track listing:
01. Until the Fire - 5:35
02. The Island - 4:04
03. Tower of Glass - 3:59
04. Far From Home - 3:35
05. Paper Highways - 3:37
06. The Animals - 4:32
07. Run - 2:51
08. Deadzone - 4:26
09. Figurine - 4:06
10. You've Changed - 4:28
11. Horrorscope - 3:19
12. The Mountain - 4:32
13. Tomorrow Is Another Day - 4:37

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2. Compilations

Softcore Jukebox

Released: 7 October 2003
Label: Emperor Norton
Length: 77:36

Track listing:
01. My Bloody Valentine - Soon - 7:00
02. The Fall - Hit the North Part 1 - 4:01
03. Cristina - What's a Girl To Do - 3:33
04. Dondolo - Peng - 5:32
05. Wire - The 15th - 3:05
06. Ladytron - Blue Jeans 2.0 - 3:45
07. Snap Ant - Saviour Piece - 3:28
08. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Big - 6:07
09. !!! - Feel Good Hit of the Fall - 5:14
10. Fat Truckers - Teenage Daughter - 3:59
11. Fannypack - Hey Mami (Sharaz Mix) - 3:11
12. Seelenluft - Manila (Headman Remix) - 5:09
13. The Source feat. Candi Staton - You Got the Love - 6:54
14. Codec & Flexor - Crazy Girls - 5:56
15. Ladytron - Oops Oh My - 2:48
16. Shocking Blue - Send Me a Postcard - 2:39
17. Pop Levi - Twins - 1:30
18. Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood - Some Velvet Morning - 3:36

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Best of Remixes

Released: 8 March 2011
Label: Nettwerk
Length: 1:37:55

Track listing:
01. Seventeen (Soulwax Remix) - 4:28
02. Destroy Everything You Touch (Sasha Invol2ver Remix) - 8:23
03. Ace of Hz (Tiësto Remix) - 7:26
04. Runaway (James Zabiela's Red Eye Remix) - 8:59
05. Ghosts (Toxic Avenger Remix) - 3:37
06. Playgirl (Felix da Housecat Glitz Club Mix) - 6:37
07. He Took Her to a Movie (Bertrand Burgalat Mix) - 3:46
08. Evil (Ewan Pearson Single Remix) - 4:11
09. Blue Jeans (Josh Wink Remix) - 6:04
10. Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Remix) - 6:47
11. International Dateline (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) - 5:19
12. Beauty*2 (Frozen Smoke Remix) - 4:50
13. Weekend (James Iha Mix) - 4:00
14. Seventeen (Justin Robertson Mix) - 7:05
15. Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix) - 6:51
16. Last One Standing (Shipps & Tait Remix) - 3:46
17. Tomorrow (Apparat Mix) - 5:39
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Best of 00-10

Released: 28 March 2011 (UK), 29 March 2011 (US)
Label: Nettwerk
Length: 68:52 (standard edition)

Standard edition track listing:
01. Destroy Everything You Touch - 4:38
02. International Dateline - 4:18
03. Seventeen - 4:39
04. Discotraxx - 3:51
05. Tomorrow - 3:37
06. Soft Power - 5:21
07. Ghosts - 4:30
08. Fighting in Built Up Areas - 4:01
09. Playgirl - 3:51
10. Blue Jeans - 3:46
11. Cracked LCD - 2:33
12. Deep Blue - 5:04
13. Light & Magic - 3:36
14. Runaway - 4:50
15. The Last One Standing - 3:13
16. Little Black Angel - 3:32
17. Ace of Hz - 3:33

Deluxe version bonus disc track listing:
01. The Reason Why - 4:13
02. Whitelightgenerator - 4:01
03. Mu-Tron - 2:58
04. Black Plastic - 4:17
05. The Way That I Found You - 3:29
06. True Mathematics - 2:23
07. High Rise - 4:56
08. Black Cat - 5:08
09. Another Breakfast With You - 3:03
10. USA vs. White Noise - 2:14
11. Commodore Rock - 4:47
12. Evil - 5:34
13. Beauty*2 - 4:25
14. Season of Illusions - 4:01
15. Versus - 5:43
16. All the Way... - 4:08

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3. Live albums

Live at Astoria London 16.07.08

Released: 2009
Label: self released
Length: 79:43

Track listing:
01. Black Cat - 5:02
02. Runaway - 4:48
03. High Rise - 5:12
04. Ghosts - 4:15
05. Seventeen - 4:48
06. I'm Not Scared - 3:52
07. True Mathematics - 2:40
08. A Season of Illusions - 4:06
09. Soft Power - 5:21
10. Playgirl - 4:00
11. International Dateline - 4:32
12. Predict the Day - 4:39
13. Fighting In Built Up Areas - 4:43
14. Discotraxx - 4:06
15. Last One Standing - 3:19
16. Applause Break - 1:25
17. Kletva - 2:42
18. Burning Up - 4:24
19. Destroy Everything You Touch - 5:40

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4. Remix albums

Velocifero (Remixed & Rare)

Released: 6 April 2010
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Ghosts (Toxic Avenger Remix) - 3:37
02. Tomorrow (Apparat Remix) - 5:39
03. Runaway (James Zabiela's Red Eye Remix) - 8:59
04. Predict the Day (Grey Ghost Remix) - 6:05
05. Runaway (ADULT. Remix) - 5:02
06. Tomorrow (Vector Lovers Lucky Remix) - 6:53
07. Ghosts (Modwheelmood Remix) - 4:28
08. Tomorrow (Jim Abbiss radio Remix) - 3:34
09. Versus (Kindle Remix) - 4:38
10. Tomorrow (Port-Royal Remix) - 3:36
11. Runaway (Brendan Long Remix) - 5:17
12. Tomorrow (Dirty Vegas Club Remix) - 9:22
13. Runaway (Ashtar Command Remix) - 4:40
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604 (Remixed & Rare)

Released: 20 December 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Playgirl (Felix Da Housecat Glitz Club Remix) - 6:38
02. He Took Her to a Movie (Bertrand Burgalat Remix) - 3:46
03. Playgirl (Tobias Neumann Mix) - 3:56
04. USA vs. White Noise - 2:18
05. Playgirl (Simian Playboy Mix) 2:38
06. Miss Black - 1:54
07. Playgirl (Snap Ant Remix) - 6:13
08. Holiday601 - 3:54
09. He Took Her To a Movie (Surreal Madrid Remix) - 4:55
10. Olivetti Jerk - 3:27
11. Playgirl (I Monster Remix) - 6:08
12. Playgirl (Tobias Neumann Club Remix) - 3:53
13. Playgirl (Tommie Sunshine Remix) - 5:43
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Light & Magic (Remixed & Rare)

Released: 20 December 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Seventeen (Soulwax Remix) - 4:26
02. Blue Jeans 2.0 (UK Single Version) - 3:51
03. Evil (Axl of Evil Mix) - 4:08
04. Blue Jeans (Josh Wink Remix) - 6:04
05. The Reason Why (Alternate Version) - 4:24
06. Light & Magic (Alternate Version) - 3:42
07. Cracked LCD (Alternate Version) - 2:49
08. Seventeen (Justin Robertson Remix) - 7:06
09. Blue Jeans (Interpol Remix) - 3:57
10. Evil (Ewan Pearson Single Remix) - 4:15
11. Seventeen (Droyds 12 Remix) - 6:32
12. Flicking Your Switch (Mount Sims Remix 1) - 5:24
13. Seventeen (Darren Emerson Radio Edit) - 3:33
14. Evil (Tony Senghorne Remix) - 8:09
15. Cease2xist (Instrumental 2002) - 4:48
16. Start Up Chime (Instrumental) - 3:42
17. Evil (M-Factor Remix) - 7:55
18. Seventeen (Acapella) - 4:45
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Witching Hour (Remixed & Rare)

Released: 20 December 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. International Dateline (Simian Mobile Disco Remix) - 5:42
02. Weekend (James Iha Mix) - 4:00
03. Soft Power (Vicarious Bliss Gutter Mix) - 6:48
04. Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix Edit) - 6:52
05. Sugar (Archigram Remix) - 5:27
06. Citadel - 3:48
07. Nothing to Hide - 3:51
08. Soft Power (Loz & Brendan Long Remix) - 7:39
09. High Rise (Club Mix) - 6:08
10. Destroy Everything You Touch (Playgroup Vocal Edit) - 5:27
11. Tender Talons - 3:28
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Gravity the Seducer Remixed

Released: 29 November 2013
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. White Elephant (Strange Fruit Remix)
02. Mirage (Mixhell Remix)
03. White Gold (Tarsius Remix)
04. Ace of Hz (Punks Jump Up Remix)
05. Ritual (Reset! Remix)
06. Moon Palace (ARIISK Remix)
07. Altitude Blues (Outfit Remix)
08. Ambulances (Gosteffects Remix)
09. Melting Ice (The Chaotic Good Remix)
10. Transparent Days (SONOIO Remix)
11. Ninety Degrees (Somekong Remix)
12. Aces High (Ladytron Remix)
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5. Extended Plays

Miss Black and Her Friends

Released: December 1999
Label: Bambini (Japan)
Length: 26:23

Track listing:
01. Miss Black - 1:53
02. Paco! - 3:00
03. Playgirl - 3:52
04. CSKA Sofia - 2:34
05. Another Breakfast With You - 3:04
06. He Took Her to a Movie - 3:06
07. Commodore Rock - 4:47
08. Skools Out... - 4:08

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Commodore Rock

Released: June 2000
Labels: Invicta Hi-Fi (UK), Tricadel (France), Emperor Norton (US)

CD and 12" track listing:
01. Playgirl - 3:55
02. Commodore Rock - 4:48
03. Miss Black - 1:54
04. Paco! - 2:59

10" track listing:
01. Playgirl - 3:52
02. Commodore Rock - 4:47
03. He Took Her to a Movie (Bertrand Mix) - 3:48
04. Olivetti Jerk - 3:25

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Mu-Tron EP

Released: October 2000
Label: Invicta Hi-Fi

CD track listing:
01. Another Breakfast With You
02. Paco!
03. USA vs. White Noise
04. Playgirl (Snap Ant Version)

12" track listing:
A1. USA vs. White Noise
A2. Playgirl (Snap Ant Version)
B1. Paco!
B2. Another Breakfast With You

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Extended Play

Released: 11 April 2006
Labels: Rykodisc
Length: 35:24

Track listing:
01. High Rise (Club Mix) - 6:09
02. Nothing to Hide - 3:51
03. Weekend (James Iha Mix) - 4:02
04. Sugar (Jagz Kooner Mix) - 5:25
05. Citadel - 3:54
06. Destroy Everything You Touch (Catholic Version) - 4:45
07. Tender Talons - 3:31
08. Last One Standing (Shipps & Tait Mix) - 3:47

This EP includes also a bonus DVD.
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The Harmonium Sessions

Released: 2006
Labels: self-released
Length: 15:32

Track listing:
01. International Dateline - 4:23
02. Sugar - 3:06
03. Destroy Everything You Touch - 4:46
04. The Last One Standing - 3:17

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Ace of Hz EP

Released: 11 January 2011
Labels: Nettwerk
Length: 30:39

Track listing:
01. Ace of Hz (Album Version) - 3:35
02. Ace of Hz (Punks Jump Up Remix) - 4:55
03. Ace of Hz (Tiesto Remix) - 7:25
04. Ace of Hz (Tiesto Remix Radio Edit) - 3:36
05. Ace of Hz (NYCPARTYINFO Remix) - 6:14
06. Ace of Hz (Punks Jump Up Dub Remix) - 4:54

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6. Singles

He Took Her to a Movie

Released: July 1999

Track listing:
1. He Took Her to a Movie
2. He Took Her to a Movie (Surreal Madrid Mix)
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Playgirl

Released: 2000
Re-released: 2001
Charts: #89 UK
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The Way That I Found You

Released: 2001
Charts: #102 UK
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Seventeen

Released: 2002
Charts: #68 UK
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Blue Jeans

Released: 2003
Charts: #43 UK
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Evil

Released: 2003
Charts: #44 UK
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Cracked LCD / USA vs. White Noise

Released: 2003
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Sugar

Released: 2005
Charts: #45 UK
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Destroy Everything You Touch

Released: 2005
Re-released: 22 October 2007
Charts: #42 UK
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International Dateline

Released: 2005
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Weekend

Released: 2005
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Soft Power

Released: 2005
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Ghosts

Released: 12 May 2008
Label: Nettwerk
Charts: #109 UK
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Runaway

Released: 22 September 2008
Label: Nettwerk
Charts: #30 US Dance
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Tomorrow

Released: 2 March 2009
Label: Nettwerk
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Ace of Hz

Released: 30 November 2010
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Ace of Hz
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White Elephant

Released: 17 May 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. White Elephant
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Ambulances

Released: 21 June 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Ambulances
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Mirage

Released: 9 August 2011
Label: Nettwerk

Track listing:
01. Mirage
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The Animals

Released: 28 February 2018
Label: self-released

Track listing:
01. The Animals
02. The Animals (Vince Clarke Remix)
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The Island

Released: 16 August 2018
Label: self-released

Track listing:
01. The Island
02. Tropic of Capricorn
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Far From Home

Released: 29 November 2018
Label: self-released

Track listing:
01. Far From Home
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7. Video albums

RockSchool

Label: Emperor Norton
Format: VHS NTSC

Content: a promo video 10 minutes documentary about Ladytron


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Witching Hour (Bonus DVD)

Released: 3 October 2005
Label: Island
Format: DVD

Content:
01. Seventeen
02. Destroy Everything You Touch
03. Sugar
04. Once Upon a Time in the East: Ladytron in China
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Extended Play (Bonus DVD)

Released: 11 April 2006
Label: Rykodisc
Format: DVD

Content:
01. Destroy Everything You Touch
02. Sugar
03. Once Upon a Time in the East: Ladytron in China
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Best of 00-10 Videos (iTunes)

Released: 10 March 2011
Label: Nettwerk
Format: MP4

Content:
01. Playgirl
02. Blue Jeans
03. Seventeen
04. Sugar
05. Destroy Everything You Touch
06. Ghosts
07. Runaway
08. Tomorrow
09. Ace of Hz
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8. Various songs

Rockfalls & Estuaries - exclusive song composed for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
She Stepped Out of the Car - exclusive song composed for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
Young Etruscians - exclusive song composed for The Sims 3 game soundtrack
Tesla - exclusive song composed for The Sims 3: Supernatural game soundtrack
Nag Nag Nag - Cabaret Voltaire live cover, not officially released
Open Your Heart - The Human League cover; released on Reproductions: Songs of The Human League
Send Me a Postcard - Shocking Blue live cover, not officially released
Seventeen '05 - reworked version of "Seventeen", released on "Destroy Everything You Touch" single
Use Your Mind - tune performed for Yo Gabba Gabba show, not officially released
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9. Songs remixed by Ladytron

Apoptygma Berzerk - Until the End of the World (Ladytron De-Shape Remix)
Bloc Party - Like Eating Glass (Ladytron 'Zapatista' Mix)
Bonde Do Role - Solta O Frango (Ladytron Remix)
Blondie - Fade Away and Radiate (Ladytron Remix)
Blondie - Hangin' On the Telephone (Ladytron Remix)
Children Collide - Skeleton Dance (Ladytron Remix)
Christina Aguilera - Birds of Prey (Reuben Wu Ladytron Remix)
Cities - Writing on the Wall (Ladytron Remix)
Dave Gahan - I Need You (Ladytron detoxxMixx)
Dave Gahan - I Need You (Ladytron detoxxMixx Instrumental)
Dirty Vegas - Little White Doves (Ladytron Remix)
Electrocute - I Need a Freak (Ladytron Remix)
Erasure - Love You to the Sky (Ladytron Remix)
Felix Da Housecat - Silver Screen Shower Scene (Ladytron Live at Eric's Mix)
Gang of Four - Natural's Not in It (Ladytron Remodel)
Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away (Ladytron Remix)
Goldfrapp - Fly Me Away (Ladytron Dub)
Hayleys Cake - You Do Voodoo (Ladytron Neu-mix)
Indochine - Pink Water (Ladytron Remix)
Karin Park - Restless (Ladytron Remix)
King of Woolworths - Bakerloo (Ladytronixx Mix)
Kings of Convenience - Little Kids (Ladytron 'Fruits of the Fores' Mix)
Kissogram - My Friend Is a Seahorse (Ladytron Mix)
Letitvox - A Whole Other Country (Reuben Wu - Ladytron Remix)
Looper - She's a Knife (Ladytron Vs. Looper)
Marina Gasolina - Solta O Frango (Ladytron Remix)
Natalia Kills - Wonderland (Ladytron Remix)
Nine Inch Nails - Capital G (Finite Climate Mix) (With Ladytron)
Nine Inch Nails - The Beginning of the End (Ladytron)
Paul Weller - That Dangerous Age (Ladytron Remix)
Placebo - Because I Want You (Ladytron Club Mix)
Placebo - Because I Want You (Ladytron Remix)
Polysics - Wild One (Ladytron Remix)
Rhythm King and Her Friends - One / Two (Live at Masterchef Remix)
Róisín Murphy - I'm Every Woman (Ladytron Remix)
She Wants Revenge - Tear You Apart (Ladytron Remix)
Simian - La Breeze (Ladytron Remix)
Simian - La Breeze (Ladytron Instrumental Remix)
Soft Cell - Say Hello Wave Goodbye (Ladytron Remix)
somekong - Hover Girls (Ladytron Remix)
SONOIO - Houdini (Ladytron Remix)
Soulwax - Conversation Intercom (Ladytron Mix)
Special Skool - Intercity Firm (Ladytron Reshape)
Super Numeri - The Chart (Ladytron Remix)
The Delta Fiasco - Paperhouse (Ladytron Fastback Remix)
The Faint - Mirror Error (Ladytron Remix)
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Ladytron - St. Petersburg, 2011

Content: Runaway / High Rise / Ghosts / International Dateline / Soft Power / True Mathematics / Playgirl / Ace of Hz / Discotraxx / Season of Illusions / Fighting in Built Up Areas / Seventeen / White Elephant / Destroy Everything You Touch

Ladytron - White Elephant (St. Petersburg, 2011)

OC Weekly interview (2009)

"The key to working with a group of people is learning what not to put in," Reuben Wu says. "You've got to take the egos back a bit. We work very democratically."

Wu's perspective comes from experience and justified pride. The Englishman, one of the founding members of Ladytron, and his band mates have come up on 10 years' worth of writing and performing together, releasing a string of impressive albums and turning into a fierce live unit along the way.

While the group's initial work, most notably the entrancing early single "Playgirl," showcased a serenely cool synth-pop approach, last year's Velocifero was one of the strongest fusions of electronics and feedback-heavy dynamics since the heyday of Curve. It's something the band will showcase this Saturday at the Grove on their co-headlining tour with the Faint.

"We'd known of each other for a long time," says Wu of the Omaha neo-synth-rock notables. "Four years ago, we did a shared show at the Palladium up in Los Angeles that was really fantastic, so when the idea of a tour came up, we were excited. We haven't done that many support shows for other bands over the years, and we decided to be alternating headliners on this tour. That's nice because that means half the time, we'll be done early!"

Following this tour, Ladytron will be moving to an even-higher-profile series of gigs. They're scheduled to open for Depeche Mode's European shows, an extremely apt combination given both bands' deft touch with rock noise and industrial-strength beats, not to mention darkly dramatic performances and sonic styles. And much like the members of Depeche have long insisted about their own work, Wu resists classification as a "Goth" band.

"We never sought to be anything like that," he says. "It's all been very natural, very organic, over time—the whole 'scary, creepy' thing and being talked about as being Gothic maybe has relevance because we're wearing black and not moving around much onstage. It's a little impossible to bounce around while playing keyboards!"

Wu speaks knowing the peril of facile classifications. When Ladytron started, they were readily shunted into a catch-all of early-2000s acts awkwardly tagged "electroclash," as a variety of newer acts reworked a range of early-'80s styles to their own ends. Wu sees the band's success as a working unit as key to shaking off such labels.

"With every band, as you start working together, you end up becoming more comfortable as artists," he notes. "It was almost as if we became the band we were trying to be by the third album [2005's Witching Hour]. A lot of bands have no time to develop their own identity, and many rarely make it past their second album.

"We know that one song one of us writes might need a certain bass line from someone else; another might need a melody. Everyone works on every track now, and getting to know how to work with one another that way means something very different than working on your own."

The band's persistence and increasingly distinctive sound have attracted some high-profile admirers: Depeche Mode may not be surprising, but earlier this year, Ladytron followers were startled to learn that Christina Aguilera was not only a fan, but had also already worked with the band on a variety of songs to be released in the near future.

"We went in with no expectations; the whole thing was a massive surprise," explains Wu. "But it was incredible. She was so musically talented, a vocalist who really knows her voice. The first takes sounded really amazing, and while we'd made demos, it was only when her voice was on them that it all came to life. It's nice to talk about them, we've been sitting on this for a while!"

Wu says the band are hoping to score a film—"We've been thinking about it for a few years!"—and that, even given the music business' travails at present, there's still always something to look forward to, whether on the road or elsewhere.

"We've had to deal with difficult situations, but so has everyone," he says. "Things will change really quickly soon, but in five to 10 years, most artists will be satisfied."

23 April 2009

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XLR8R interview (2005)

Of all the early praise directed at Ladytron for their new record, Witching Hour, the response that resonated most came in the form of tough love from a longtime friend. Upon hearing the album for the first time, Steve Pross, formerly the manager of the quartet's now-defunct label Emperor Norton, took founder Daniel Hunt aside and said, "You are now the band you were pretending to be five years ago." Others might have interpreted this as a backhanded compliment, but Hunt knew exactly what he was trying to say. "I completely understood it," he says on the line from his Liverpool flat. "I don't think he meant to discredit what we were doing before–but I don't feel like we're aspiring to be something anymore."

Bewitched
Stood beside 2001's debut 604 and 2002's Light & Magic, Witching Hour is a skyscraper. Not only is its production more agitated and alive, but its songs are sleeker, more aerodynamic and better crafted. Rounded out by multi-instrumentalist Reuben Wu and vocalists Mira Aroyo and Helen Marnie, all of whom contribute music by committee, there's a darker, more menacing bent to Ladytron circa 2005; cutesy tick-tock electro about movie theaters and cracked LCDs has given way to hurricane songs about destruction and screams bleeding through the walls.

Ladytron's showing increased confidence in its ability, which Hunt says was nourished by spending the majority of 2003 on the road. "We hadn't really toured properly before we recorded Light & Magic," he says. "When we finished, we'd become such a monster live that it was just night and day from before–it had become something mean and screechy and dynamic. We'd learnt so much and there was so much we wanted to do. We could've toured for another six months at least, but we wanted to crack on with the record."

More Money, More Problems
Starting the record would be a cakewalk; seeing it through would be another thing entirely. After concluding Light & Magic's traveling roadshow with a homecoming gig in Liverpool in September 2003 (their support: a little-known Scottish band called Franz Ferdinand), Ladytron immediately commenced work on demos for Witching Hour. New material flowed readily; within a few months, they'd mapped out the entire record. But by the time they were ready to start recording in April, their ill-fated UK label Telstar had gone into administration. "They put us in the studio but didn't tell us that this was going to happen. They must have known, so it was kind of an odd situation," Hunt laughs. "We were like 'What do we do? Do we carry on recording?' So we just went ahead. They paid for at least part of it, but we had the fallback position of Emperor Norton in the States, so we were like 'Well, fuck it. It doesn't matter.'"

Famous last words. As the summer wore on, it became clear that Emperor Norton was also on the verge of running aground. Island UK had stepped up in Telstar's absence, so there was never a point where the band was homeless, but that summer was a tumultuous one. Despite being all but mixed by June 2004, Witching Hour was still light years away from being released; although Hunt knew that Ladytron was too well established not to land on its feet, he acknowledges that the band could have faced a huge momentum killer.

It's a testament to the durability of Witching Hour that all four bandmates remain excited about the record nearly 15 months after making it. "This sounds narcissistic, but I can still listen to it on my iPod and enjoy it," he says. "I still hear little things I hadn't heard before." With the benefit of hindsight, Hunt also acknowledges that the label antics and the resulting layoff might be a good thing in the long run. For starters, it means they're on solid ground in both North America and Europe for the first time in a while. "Within a couple of weeks of signing to Telstar, we thought we might've made a mistake," he recalls. "We were attracted to the label for all the wrong reasons–they had all these R&B acts on there and we just thought it was hugely amusing, looking completely incongruous on their roster. The main thing is we thought we'd be invited to all their parties and stuff, which probably wasn't the best basis for a healthy business relationship."

Blade Runners
With any luck, the extended delay has washed away some of the lazy clichés that have plagued Ladytron since day one. Hunt is eager to finally outrun descriptors like 'aloof' (demeanor), 'asymmetrical' (haircuts), 'electroclash' (meaningless) and, perhaps most inexplicably, 'Kraftwerk' (sounds like). On the matter of that last bugaboo, Hunt simply sighs. "Our first single sounds like 'The Model', but we recorded it six years ago!" he says. "They are one of the greats, but if you told somebody that we sounded like Kraftwerk and they went and downloaded a bunch of our MP3s, they'd think you were full of shit. I mean, obviously we were named after a Roxy Music song, which would've been a more obvious place to look for influences, and Low by David Bowie is probably the closest thing to this record. I think we articulated that here better than ever."

In keeping with past tradition, Reuben and Mira of Ladytron are doing a DJ tour this month, with a proper full-band tour to follow in the new year. Until then, Hunt's sharpening his knives in preparation for record number four. Given the layoff, it's hard to blame him for looking ahead. "[Witching Hour] is the closest thing to definitive that we've done, but I think the next one will be even more so," he promises. "That's another way the layoff has been good–we've got quite a lot of stuff in reserve now."

Analog Graveyard: The Machines That Populate Ladytron's Synthetic Paradise.
While heavily treated guitars continue to make a dent in Ladytron's sound, the band's studio is still ruled by keyboards. While Hunt claims the band owns at least 20 vintage pieces, he also admits to having lost count somewhere around 1998. Here he talks shop about Ladytron's studio gear, live setup and recording philosophies:

"Most of the bassy riffs are a Roland SH2 or a Korg MS20. Reuben especially likes sticking his Korg MS10 through Electro Harmonix boxes and fattening them up. For the poly stuff, we used Farfisa organs and Solina string machines–basically the same stuff we've used all along, but we probably treated it a bit rougher. We also used a load of the producer's toys as well–Reuben's got an ARP 2600, which you can sit around with for a full day trying to get something useful out of and fail, and the next day you switch it on and it'll automatically make something genius.

"I've got this really shit, five-pound, sub-Casio keyboard that I got off this trader; the chords for 'International Dateline' were written on that. It's good to have that kind of gear. The shit toys can end up being quite inspirational.

"Our stage set-up is like Bell Laboratories. It's hugely complicated and it's a nightmare for anybody working with us. We've tried to rein in the amount of old analog gear we take out live with us just for logistics' sake–the stuff was breaking down and we had numerous keyboards just burst into flames. On the record itself, we've got free reign of course.

"Software synths are fine, especially for composition on a laptop. Once those sounds are down, we'll always look at alternatives. But sometimes you just end up using [the originals], especially if they're something basic like a string synth, cause you're not going to get a different sound out of anything else unless you really want a load of AC hum or crackle. [Softsynths] are so much better now than they were when we did the last record. The main thing is that it's not the fact that you're using software or hardware, it's just making something sound different and not using presets.

"Our approach goes back to the whole Eno/Bowie Low thing–the treatments are as important as the synths. We like to confuse synths and guitars quite a lot–there are some things people hear they assume is a guitar that's a synth and vice versa. On the last album, there were guitars all over 'Cease2xist' and a few of the other songs, but they were treated in a way that people didn't recognize them."

22/11/2005

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"Gravity the Seducer" cover and track listing

Gravity the Seducer will be released on 13 September 2011 in the US and a day before in the UK. The first single "White Elephant" will be issued on 17 May 2011.

Track listing:
01. White Elephant
02. Mirage
03. White Gold
04. Ace of Hz
05. Ritual
06. Moon Palace
07. Altitude Blues
08. Ambulances
09. Melting Ice
10. Transparent Days
11. Ninety Degrees
12. Aces High